Odd Hen Out

[VolailleAmant]

Hi!
I raise Isa Browns, and 1 particular hen likes to sneak out and roam the yard and drive way early in the morning.
So when I go out to feed the chickens (keep in mind that this hen is NOT nice or very people social) she comes up to me about 6 feet away, and crouches like she is going to lay and egg. She makes a sort of popping sound also.
Why in the world does she do this? And it goes on EVERY MORNING!
HELP!

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Do you have a rooster? Sounds likes she squatting to be mated. All my chickens are up roaming the yard at the crack of dawn.

 

[VolailleAmant]

I do not have a rooster. And this doesn't look like the "I can mate" position!

It is more like a "I am going to lay an egg" position!

 

[LeahZ]

I think what you are describing is what my chickens do also. If I go to pick them up and they don't have a place to run to, they kind of squat with their wings out a little and freeze. I think it's just a defensive posture.

 

[laceychicken]

I have several Australorp hens that do this. It is a type of submission. I can stroke their backs or pick them up. They are the only ones of my varied flock that do this. They are very sweet. I have a young hen ... 16 weeks... That just started this when I walk by her. She is the only one of 8 young girls ... All the same age that has started doing this. I try to pick her up and talk to her when I can to make her as tame as possible.

 

[VolailleAmant]

Thank you everyone,
but squatting isn't what she is doing. It is more like she is trying to lay an egg on the side walk but falsely.

 

[TalkALittle]

How long has it been happening? Is it just in the morning or anytime you go out?

 

[oldhenlikesdogs]

Could be she's sunning herself.

 

[VolailleAmant]

It has been going on every morning. only mornings.

 

[TalkALittle]

It has been going on every morning. only mornings.

Every morning since when? Two days ago? Two weeks?